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CATALONjJ1AN.t\.:eTl'VI'fY' IN MATARO.tpti' f~M pfthec'lllJltry at large. Mucb remains yet to be said, ,andthll:ght t, n the pro and contra f this same frtifying system,andits applicatiml to the defence 1' cDrmboratin f the strength.ofçmmtries. Bef@rfll taking leave f Figueras, be it observed, thatitscnstructiJl is a hŒnagepaid by eN:p.erience tthe superir forceçfthe mo:dern system f attack:~here are no menacing ramparts of ·tyemenctusaspect, but ready in their dilapidationto form themselves; intecauseways and scaling-Iadde1's. There does nt appear any thing aboüttn.e pllace frlevei and the,telescpe.a bail to take effe€t on, and it isequaBy baffiing to theLA J:J!oi._UIERA, and.GIRONA..When their muldering gate-ways~e ;entereed, they do not exhibitsigns f thrift; butit is far' otherwis0."ith MATAR" . '.This place displays Càtalonian activity in its fulleflbrt.c:ipal article .of eN:pft.The prin..here i5 the wine, which passes under thisn.ame,nlostof which is c.nsigned to the Bourdeaux market, to beth,Blie br.ewed i:Dto w.hat passes uq.der the denmination of Claret in·England, distinguishable by the blue tinge hereby communicatedtoit,fr the market f tlle Northof Europe, and, but in a less degree, forLQn:Cilon als. l'hi~ Catalonia:tl wine, w;henne.w, stains linen with a dyeeEfJl:a1to indig; but thiscQluring or.earthy admixture itsooul,oseStb~aeftlingblY,age,~apaleas,:wa,ter;its,strength diminishingat thesametiIlle. . It is, ,prod\lQe€l frmna very small, bIi;tak, and clselyclusteredgrape, wh~ch.abounds .iu.this~province; ithe.as.peats of whiah are particularly.favul"able to ,vineyaJ7ds.Such is the bunteous abundauceofthis proQuce, thatfthe :tipe. clusters are free .to .pa~sengers,at least asmuchas thetur~ipfieM:sofEnglalld,.which .theyare sometimes seene1ml1ating' in.eA.tent.The welb-grmvnhealthy and gay peasantry whieb.